ASAP Flashcards

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MEANING BEHIND FESTE’S O MISSTRESS MINE SONG

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The song advises against chasing fantasy — many characters are blinded by false love.

KEY LINES
Journeys end in lovers meeting,

Youth’s a stuff will not endure

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rain raineth everyday

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-hardships of everyday persist

-‘our play is done’ acknowledges the fleeting nature of performance

rain—a metaphor for trouble or fate—falls constantly. Trouble is constant.

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come away death song

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-criticises orisno’s excess melancholy

-reveals viola’S MELANCHOLY

-semantic feild of death

also reflects Orsino’s indulgent melancholia in this scene.

“Fly away, fly away, breath; / I am slain by a fair cruel maid.”
He blames a woman for his suffering, exaggerating romantic rejection to the point of “death.” There’s irony in how seriously he takes courtly love.

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